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How do you extract audio from a screen recording on iPhone?

Screen recordings land in Photos as ordinary videos, so the app lists them on the Videos tab next to everything you filmed. Tap the recording, drag Start and End past the seconds where you opened Control Center, pick MP3 or M4A and tap Convert to Audio.

4 min read · Updated 2026-09-16

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Take a 4:37 screen recording of an app walkthrough with voice-over as an example. It sits in the Videos tab, named RPReplay_Final followed by a long number, which is how iOS names every screen recording. That name also fills the Audio title box, so rename it before converting. Otherwise the Audio tab fills up with files you can't tell apart.

The steps, from the recording to an MP3

  1. Open the Videos tab. Screen recordings are mixed in with your camera videos, newest first, so a recording you just made is at or near the top.
  2. Tap it. The editor opens with the video player and the waveform under it.
  3. Drag Start past the first seconds and End back from the last ones. Those are almost always you opening and closing Control Center.
  4. Select format already shows MP3 and Quality shows 128 kbps. Leave them, or switch to M4A if you will edit the audio again later.
  5. Type a real name into Audio title and tap Convert to Audio. The finished file opens on its own screen, with share and save-to-Files buttons at the top.

Example: numbers from a 4:37 recording

Screen recording 04:37 long, trimmed to the part with sound worth keeping
SettingValue
Start00:06 (skips the Control Center swipe)
End04:34 (cuts the swipe to stop recording)
Kept04:28, 268 seconds
MP3 at 128 kbps4.29 MB
MP3 at 64 kbps2.14 MB
WAV47.28 MB

The MP3 sizes are bitrate times length: 128 kbps is 16,000 bytes a second, so 268 seconds comes to 4.29 MB. For a voice-over, 64 kbps sounds close to indistinguishable on headphones and halves the file. WAV is only worth it if an editor insists on WAV; it does not sound better, because the app makes an AAC copy of the sound first and builds every other format from that.

Microphone on or off: what ends up in the file

iOS records whatever sound the apps on screen are making. Your own voice only gets in if you held the Screen Recording button in Control Center and turned the microphone on before you started.

The converter takes every audio track in the recording and mixes them into one file. With the mic on, that means your voice and the app sound come out together. There is no way here to keep one source and drop the other. If you need them apart, record twice, once with the mic off.

Why some screen recordings come out silent

  • Some streaming and video apps block their sound from screen recordings. iOS records silence, and no converter can bring that sound back. For example, a clip from a streaming app can play silent in Photos and produce a silent MP3.
  • Apps that respect the silent switch play nothing while the phone is on silent, so nothing gets recorded either.
  • If the file has no audio track at all, the app stops with This video has no audio track to extract. instead of making an empty file.

Quick check before you convert: play the recording in Photos with the sound up. If you hear nothing there, the MP3 will be silent too.

Free tier, and what the app can't do here

Free gives you 3 conversions a day from the editor, MP3 at 64 or 128 kbps, with ads; the hint under Convert to Audio counts down what's left. Pro removes the daily cap and the ads and adds 192 to 320 kbps. If you have a pile of recordings, batch conversion (Select on the Videos tab) does 3 at a time for free, but it converts whole videos with no trim.

It does not separate voice from background, does not record the screen itself and does not fetch anything from a link. It works on recordings already in Photos or Files, all on the phone, with nothing uploaded.

Questions and answers

Can I extract audio from a screen recording on iPhone without a computer?
Yes. The recording is a normal video in Photos, so the app reads it straight from the Videos tab and writes the MP3 or M4A on the phone. No computer and no upload.
Why does my screen recording have no audio on iPhone?
Usually one of three things: the app you recorded blocks its sound from screen recordings, the phone was on silent and the app obeyed it, or you expected your voice but the microphone was off in Control Center. Converting cannot add back sound that was never recorded.
Does it work for screen recordings on iPad?
Yes. It is the same app on iPad, with the same Videos tab and editor. iPad screen recordings also go to Photos and show up in the list.
Can I screen record audio only on iPhone?
No. Screen Recording always makes a video. Record as usual, then convert it here and keep only the sound; the video stays in Photos until you delete it there.

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